CIVIL WAR STORIES.
Lee`s Surrender at Appomattox Court
House, Virginia. It was an April morning
three days after General Robert E. Lee had
surrendered to General U.S. Grant. The
Southern troops, led by General John B.
Gordon, a Mason, were marching in
columns towards the Northern troops who were
standing in formation waiting for the Southerners to
stack arms and fold their flags. Suddenly a shifting of
arms is heard. Gordon looked up with alarm. There
was nothing to fear. General Joshua Chamberlain had
ordered his troops to assume the position of "honor
answering honor." Immediately, the Confederate troops
snapped to attention and returned the honor. It was the
first act to heal the wounds of a nation that had spent
four years and 618,000 lives in civil war. That
command of "honor answering honor" was ordered by
a Mason. Major General Joshua Chamberlain was a
member of United Lodge #8, Brunswick, Maine. After
the war, he became Governor of Maine from 18661871 and
President of
Bowdoin College
from 1871-83.
The MacLean House
where General Lee
signed the surrender
of the Army of
Northern Virginia.
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November
Masonic
Diary
Wed. 12th. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579. Regular Meeting
at 7.30 p.m. E.A. Degree by Bro. Stuart Jack, WJW.
Mon. 17th. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579 visit Lodge
Buchanan No. 1499. M.M. Degree by RWM.
Tues. 25th. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579 visit Lodge
Bothwell Brig No. 1229. M.M. Degree by RWM.
Wed. 26th. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579. Regular Meeting
at 7.30 p.m. F.C. Degree by Lodge St. Enoch No. 1288.
Thurs. 27th. Grand Lodge of Scotland. Installation of
Office-bearers and Festival of St. Andrew. Freemasons
Hall, Edinburgh, 12.30 P.M.
Sat. 29th. Nov. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579. Installation of
Office-bearers at 4 p.m.
Wed. 10th. December Lodge St. Bryde No. 579.
Regular Meeting at 7.30 p.m. M.M. Degree by RWM.
Fri. 12th. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579 visit Lodge Douglas
No. 1557. E.A. Degree by WJW.
Lodge St. Bryde No. 579.
INSTALLATION of OFFICE-BEARERS.
The Installation will take place on
Saturday 29th. November 2014 at 4 p.m.
Installing Masters, Bro. Ian Wilson, P.M. No. 1067
and Bro. David Shaw, P.M. No. 579.
Installation Dinner tickets Priced £10 can be reserved
by adding your name to the Notice Board list.
(Note. Official photographs will be taken prior to the
Installation at 3.00 p.m. )
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Lodge St. Bryde News. Lodge
Mother Kilwinning will attend
our first meeting of 2015 and
confer a F.C. Degree. The
Mother Lodge of Scotland has
accepted our invitation and will
be supporting Bro. Hugh
Sanders who will receive his
Jubilee Certificate from his
Mother Lodge 579 at that
meeting. Bro. Hugh is an
Affiliate Member of The Mother
Lodge. The Provincial Grand
Master of Kilwinning has
indicated that he would like to
attend accompanied by two
Bro. Stephen Campbell
Past Provincial Grand Masters
with Bro. J.L. Jack
of Kilwinning. Installation
News. Fifty Brethren from Lodges in the Birmingham area
will attend the Installation along with eight Brethren from our
District of Central South Africa, including our regular
attender Bro. Bob Law, District Grand Master and the
District Grand Master Designate, Bro. Dave Kennedy.
Lodge St. Bryde No. 579
Class
The results of the Instruction Class have been tremendous
and our Degree work is of a very high standard. If you
would like to join and learn Ritual Work, the Instruction
Class usually meet on a Sunday Night.
Contact Bro. Alex Hamilton, P.M. for details.
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Honorary Member.
Bro. Duncan Mulholland,
J.D. received a pleasant
surprise at our visit to Lodge
St. Enoch No. 1288 on 15th.
October. Bro. Stephen
Campbell, RWM of 1288
conferred Honorary
Membership on our Junior
Deacon. The RWM
explained that Bro. Duncan
had been a great supporter
of Lodge St. Enoch over
many years and was never
slow to assist the Lodge in any way he could. Bro. Duncan
being made an Honorary Member continues a family
connection with the Lodge, his father being Initiated in 1969
and his grandfather in 1941 . This honour presented to
Duncan is also an honour for our Lodge that one of our
Brethren should be recognised in this way. Apron Returns
Home. Bro. Stephen Campbell, RWM invited Bro. James L.
Jack ton explain the old apron that he was wearing at the
meeting. Bro. Jack explained that the apron belonged to his
late uncle Tom Jack, who had been Initiated into Lodge St.
Enoch age 18 in 1945 and had emigrated to Australia in
1949. Tom never returned home, having died in Australia
but his apron did return. Tom`s daughter Barbara visited
while on holiday last month and presented Jim with his
uncle`s apron . This was the first time in 65 years that this
Apron had been worn in Lodge St. Enoch.
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Provincial Grand Lodge News.
New Provincial Grand Lodge
Representative Elected. At the Annual
General Meeting on 8th. October the
Members of the Lodge unanimously
Elected Bro. Robert Edgar, P.M. Director
of Ceremonies, as our new
Representative in Provincial Grand Lodge.
Bro. Bob is an enthusiastic member of our
Lodge and he will be a great asset to
Provincial Grand Lodge. We wish Bob well in his new
appointment.
Congratulations. Bro. James L. Jack, P.M.
has been Elected as W. Grand Marshal of The
Grand Lodge of Scotland. He will be Installed
at the Grand Lodge Installation on Thursday
27th. November. This will be an historic
occasion in the History of our Lodge as the
last Grand Office-bearer the Lodge had was
Bro. J. Greive in 1935. A large number of our
Brethren will be attending the Installation to
support Bro. Jack and it is hoped to organise
a bus to and from Edinburgh with the Brethren from 114.
Grand Lodge Charity Concert. The Grand Lodge
have invited The Glasgow Phoenix Choir to conduct a
charity concert on Sunday 7th. December at 2 p.m. Tickets
priced £10 can be purchased from the Lodge Secretary or
directly from Grand Lodge.
Open Doors Day. Freemasons Hall, 96 George St.,
Edinburgh will be open to visitors on Saturday 1st.
November. No tickets are required but those wishing to
attend should confirm with the Lodge Secretary or Grand
Lodge Office directly.
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Lodge St. Bryde News.
Office-bearers Elected. The Lodge
Office –Bearers for 2014-15 were Elected
at the Annual General Meeting. For the
first time in many years we have a full
compliment of Office-bearers (with the
exception of Bible-bearer which was left
vacant as a mark of respect to our late
Bro. Alasdair Dunlop, P.M.
Right Worshipful Master
Thomas S. Lynch
Immediate Past Master
David F. Shaw, P.M.
Depute Master
Alexander L. Hamilton, P.M.
Substitute Master
Norman Telfer, D.S.M.
Senior Warden
Stuart J. Jack
Junior Warden
Bryce W. Morrison
Secretary
James L. Jack, P.M.
Treasurer
David F. Shaw, P.M.
Almoner
John McLean
Director of Ceremonies
Robert J. Edgar, P.M.
Senior Deacon
Duncan Mulholland
Junior Deacon
Russell D. Parsons
Inner Guard
William H. Jack
Chaplain
Graeme Wardrop
Bible Bearer Left vacant in memory of Bro. Alasdair Dunlop, P.M.
Architect
Bruce Munro
Jeweller
Andrew S. McAlpine, P.M.
Marshal
Andrew J. Jack
Director of Music
James Vasey, P.M.
Organist
Iain Charlton
Senior Steward
Ronald S. McCarney, P.M.
Junior Steward
William S. Moore, P.M.
Third Steward
James Muircroft
Fourth Steward
John J.S. Robertson
Tyler
Patrick Clarke, P.M.
The Enquiry Committee were re-elected.
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Proposed trip to France 2016.
Bro. Stuart Jack, WJW has been researching members of
Lodge St. Bryde who fell in the First World War. He has to
date confirmed two of our Brethren. It has been proposed that
members of our Lodge visit the resting place in France and
pay our respects probably in 2016. Any Brother of our Lodge
who would like to visit please contact Stuart. Bro. Stuart has
set up a direct debit scheme so that members can pay
directly into the savings account for the trip.
If any Brother has any information, ie. The names of
members of family who were members of our Lodge who
gave their lives in the First World War, this information
would be of great help.
Memorial Lodge. Wednesday
12th. November. The Lodge
Office-bearers will confer an
E.A. Degree on one Candidate
and this will also be the “step
up” meeting at which the
Office-bearers step up one
place in Office. This format
worked very well last year and
the Office-bearers gained
experience of their new office
prior to the Installation. At this
meeting we will mark the
Centenary of the beginning of
WW1. The WJW has been
doing research into our
Members who fought in the
War and so far has identified 24 Brethren and 3 killed in
action, although the numbers will be much higher. The
short Service at the start of our meeting will be conducted
by Bro. Rev. Peter Price, Senior Provincial Grand Chaplain
and will also feature Bros. David Stark, Provincial Grand
Piper and Morris Smith Provincial Grand Organist.
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